About Us

The NLU Grants Office is the one-stop, on-line site for NLU full-and part-time faculty and staff who want to apply for external funding—and NLU colleagues who are already managing sponsored programs. Projects we support are those aligned with the institution's strategic plan and priorities.

Our office is your one-stop, online site for:

Information and deadlines for grant opportunities

Assistance with proposal preparation and submission

Grant approval/process management

Proposal sign-offs by authorized institutional representatives

A general overview of grant application requirements

Essential grant information—what you need to include on most grant applications

Links to federal agencies and compliance documents

Grants management assistance

A list of Illinois state agencies, federal agencies and major private foundations—and their current grant funding guidelines

Links to "how-to" sites such as grant writing

Forms and more forms

A list of current NLU grant-funded projects

Post-grant management for current grant recipients, including monitoring and managing grant spending; approvals involving compliance issues; and guidance on reporting and closeout activities

Profiles of NLU faculty and their research projects

Ask Your Colleagues: Chat with your faculty colleagues about their projects—and get tips about the "grant-getting" process.

We also work with university officials to formulate policies and procedures promoting compliance with the laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to the management of government funds.

Where You Can Get Funding

Government agencies at all levels (federal, state, and municipal/local)

Foundations

Corporations

Other organizations

What Gets Funded

External partnership programs, strategic initiatives, research initiatives, faculty development and fellowships that meet the criteria established by the funding entities.

Funding Defined

CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

ELGIN

Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

NORTH SHORE

Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

LISLE

Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

WHEELING

Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

FLORIDA (TAMPA)

Established in 1988 and located in one of the city's major business districts, NLU's Florida Regional Center serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to six classrooms, this location features a conference room, a computer lab with high-speed Internet access, an extensive research library and comfortable student lounges.

WISCONSIN

NLU's Milwaukee campus has a proud history of serving graduate students in education in southeastern Wisconsin. Nearly one in five certified Wisconsin teachers looks to NLU for graduate education programs – more than any other university in the state. In addition to classrooms with high-tech media equipment, the campus offers a state-of-the-art computer lab with wireless Internet access and an extensive IDS research library.